Picture from the top of the SF Westin Saint Francis where the Blogher 08 Newbie Reception was held. The primary reason I go to the BlogHer conferences is to meet the beautiful smiles of the bloggers behind the blogs I…

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Picture from the top of the SF Westin Saint Francis where the Blogher 08 Newbie Reception was held. The primary reason I go to the BlogHer conferences is to meet the beautiful smiles of the bloggers behind the blogs I…

Continue reading → BlogHer 08: Meeting the smiles behind the blogs

Driving home from Draeger’s Supermarket in San Mateo, CA yesterday, I saw this Shell station and my jaw dropped, $5.21/gallon for Regular and $5.33 for Plus (89) which I normally get. The average price for Regular (87) gas in my…

Continue reading → Regular Jaw Drop: $5.21 per Gallon for Gas in San Mateo

Yesterday, I saw “Wanted” the action thriller with Angelina Jolie and James McAvoy and man was that some kick-ass fun. It’s kind of like Fight Club meets the Matrix where Lara Croft becomes an assassin to protect world order. In…

Continue reading → Me “Wanted” Angelina, Obama on roids, iPod docs on the elliptical, and other nibbly bits around the skinny-sphere

Remember that guy who does YouTube videos of himself doing his dorky white guy dance in cities all over the world? Where the hell is Matt? Well, his latest adventure is out now, and like all his other videos this…

Continue reading → He’s back: Where the hell is Matt dancing in 2008?

Yesterday, I pointed out my disappointment in Jezebel’s treatment of Matt Damon, and I got an email from Anna Holmes the Managing Editor of Jezebel. As a heads up, the email address was not Anna from Jezebel.com but an earthlink…

Continue reading → Gotcha! Jezebel’??s Matt Damon Snap Judgement was really a Rorschach test

It definitely has got to be a slow news week when the media outlets start putting out ridiculous stories that even a 5th grader would ask, “Why is this story a big deal?” Case in point are these two stories:…

Continue reading → Media taking the “ideal” thing a bit too far with Karolina Kurkova and Lance Armstrong

I’m old school and draw winners the old fashioned way, tiny pieces of paper. Here are the winners of a spanky new Schick Quattro Razor for Women c/o of the coolio folks at Schick: Melanie Belle JTMoney Thank you to…

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Like Top Chef, we’re going to do a Fireside for Friday. In less time than doing 50 crunches: Jenny Masche redefines Supermom. In one year she gives birth to sextuplets, and trains and completes the San Diego Rock n’ Roll…

Continue reading → Mom has sextuplets & runs marathon, win a Schick Quattro, and other randomness around the skinnysphere

Over at Elle.com, they are doing some funky All-American photo shoot where believe it or not the guy is nekkid and the woman is fully clothed. Perhaps it’s role reversal day at the office. So, here’s one of the 10…

Continue reading → Who knew a snake-in-a-bag could cost this much and other sauciness around the skinnysphere

I was watching the trailer for the updated remake of the movie “The Women” featuring an all female star-packed cast with the likes of Meg Ryan (as Mary), Annette Benning, Bette Midler, Candace Bergen, Jada Pinkett Smith, Debra Messing, and…

Continue reading → In real life: What if the “other woman” looked like Eva Mendes

So, sure enough, an Apple spokesperson has made an official statement about Steve Jobs un-well looking appearance at the Stevenote on Monday. From the Wall Street Journal, an Apple spokeswoman said “Jobs was hit with a “common bug” in recent…

Continue reading → I call shenanigans: Apple says Steve Jobs looked skinny sick because of “common bug”

This picture was taken at a gas pump yesterday. I was with a friend who filled up the tank of his SUV at a gas station in San Mateo county CA. Imagine filling your gas tank and seeing an $83…

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Severn Cullis-Suzuki was 12 years old when she gave this speech at the United Nations in 1992 fighting for the future of her generation and generations to come. Yes, this speech is old, but wow! Even today, Severn’s words still…

Continue reading → Utterly amazing 12 year-old girl makes U.N. stop and listen

May I body/gender image rant for a sec? This has got to be one of the most asanine ads I’ve ever seen to get women to stop boozing it up: “If you drink like a man, you might end up…

Continue reading → Ladies, if turning into an ugly dude won’t get you to stop boozing what will?

Here’s some tips from a local (moi) about hotels & parking for BlogHer08 in SF. For those of you attending the Blogher 08 conference in July, and have not booked your hotel room yet, the Westin St. Francis BlogHer block…

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If you were hiding under a rock last week or somehow managed to shut your eyes and cover your ears while blabbing, “lah, lah, lah, lah…” then you missed all the Sex & the City movie hysteria on all the…

Continue reading → Am I the only dame who didn’t have “Sex & the City” frenzy on the brain this weekend?

Just a reminder that a new thing I’ve added to Back in Skinny Jeans is “Dear Steph” on Thursdays. This is your chance to get some big sisterly advice or insight on anything on your mind. It doesn’t have to…

Continue reading → Start asking your “Dear Steph” questions

Tyra Banks graces the cover of the NY Times Magazine this Sunday, and the article talks about whether Tyra is the next big branded self like Oprah and Martha. So, what do you all think? I give Tyra complete props…

Continue reading → Is Tyra Banks the next big female brand like Oprah and Martha?

Over at Noshtopia for your eating wellness pleasure: Here’s a recipe twist on traditional Guacamole, Mojito Guacamole served with Cassava Chips. You can eat twice as many Cassava Chips than tortilla chips for the same caloric count. Here’s something quick…

Continue reading → Nosh bites: Mojito Guacamole, Fruit kabobs, and How to cook Quinoa & Fresh Fava Beans

This is what I look like Before and After if I got 75% enhancements done to my face via an online cosmetic surgery visualization tool. The After actually looks more like one of those tacky “Glamour” studio pictures from the…

Continue reading → What would you look like with some “Lift Magic”

In the final segment of the TODAY show’s series, “TODAY Investigates Diet Programs”, Matt Lauer show us the 3-month journey of Jennifer, 27, who has Type I Diabetes and has a weight loss goal of 24lbs. Jennifer is doing a…

Continue reading → TODAY: Does a personalized weight loss program work the best?

Over at Noshtopia for your eating wellness pleasure: I always wanted to see a nutritional match up between cow milk: Non-fat, 1%, 2%, and Whole, versus non-dairy milks like rice, soy, almond, hemp, and oat. If you’re curious too, check…

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Weight Watchers is the next diet program to be probed in the TODAY show’s series, “TODAY Investigates Diet Programs.” Karen is a working mom with one child and her own small business. Her goal is to drop 18 pounds in…

Continue reading → TODAY: Does Weight Watchers work?

The TODAY show started a series called “TODAY Investigates Diet Programs” where they will take a look-see at the most popular diets using real people wanting to shed pounds. The first program to be probed is Jenny Craig. TODAY put…

Continue reading → TODAY: Does Jenny Craig really work?

Remember when Charlotte went on a man break and found a new love in “The Rabbit?” Carrie and Miranda even had a Rabbit intervention because Char got addicted. Well, to celebrate the anniversary of The Rabbit and coincidentally, the new…

Continue reading → “Mr. Big” replaces “The Rabbitt” and other delights around the skinny-sphere

Take a close look and see if you can spot the photoshop mishap in this Tommy ad. If it’s not a mishap, then we all owe the model a huge mea culpa. [via Photoshop Disasters]

Continue reading → What’s missing in this Tommy Hilfiger ad?

I have to give a special shout out to pal and fellow fit blogger Jennette Fulda who I met last October at the Hallmark Cards Blogger Conference. Jennette’s new book Half-Assed: A Weight-Loss Memoir where she talks about her 200…

Continue reading → On TODAY: Our gal Jennette says bye-bye to 200lbs

Over at Noshtopia for your eating wellness pleasure: Doesn’t this chocolate chiller look delicious? It’s easy to make and is packed with 8 grams of protein. No joke! Find out what the secret protein source is to this chocolate delight….

Continue reading → Nosh bites: Protein packed chocolate chiller and updates on my 7-day gluten-free vegan experiment

Nivea lotion is getting the dieting game with their “Goodbye Cellulite, Hello Bikini Challenge” to help get us damsels get bikini ready not only with sleek supple skin using their succulent lotions but with cottage free thighs and less junk…

Continue reading → Cats on a treadmill and Nivea lotion gets into the dieting game along with other nibbles around the skinny-sphere

We are a culture constantly trying to get back into the skinny jeans. In fact, this is a glimpse into just how much we want to skinnify. I did a Google search for terms related to losing weight, and here’s…

Continue reading → More people care about losing weight than keeping it off according to Google search

AllTop is a site that collects stories from “all the top” sites on the web on various subjects, and is more easily described as a “digital magazine rack” of the Internet. There are 9 top categories covering the subjects of…

Continue reading → Back in Skinny Jeans joins a group of kick ass women on AllTop

Pole dancing is coming to the Wii. Oh for Pete’s sake, is nothing sacred. The game maker emphasizes that the game is for “fitness purposes only.” Righty! If I see Super Mario on that pole, someone’s gonna get a can…

Continue reading → Wii Pole Dancing and other wiggles around the skinny-sphere

Don’t ya think it’s a bit scary when you look way to much like the mannequins in your own likeness. If you squint your eyes some and look at the picture, you can’t tell who’s who. Heidi Klum was at…

Continue reading → Can you tell the difference between the real Heidi Klum and her mannequin versions

I’m like Cranky Fitness in my skepticism towards “studies” because depending on who’s paying for the study and if Pisces in the House of Aquarius or Mercury, the results change like what color is the new black. Ladies, when it…

Continue reading → Men have advantage over women in exercise

There is actually an FDA approved doggie diet pill called Slentrol from Pfizer, the same folks who make Celebrex and Viagra. I am not kidding you. Soon I’ll bet we’ll see Scooby Doo for TrimSpa. And I’d bet my mocha…

Continue reading → Diet pills for dogs & Juicy suing Victoria for butt confusion plus other tiddles around the skinny-sphere

Last week, one of my very favorite bloggers, Katieo of Sister Skinny announced that she reached her mission to get into a size 6. Via video, she even took us to the store to watch her pick out a pair…

Continue reading → When is it time to stop blogging about your weight loss?

I nearly freaked out when I drove up to the gas station near my gym and saw these prices. Can you believe gas is over $4.49? Holy shazizzle! As much as the skyrocketing gas prices pisses me off, I try…

Continue reading → Upside: Gas prices above $4.00 can help us drop some pounds

For your continued healthy eating pleasure from Noshtopia: This is how fat burgers are getting. I compiled a nutritional breakdown listing the fattest of the fast food burgers which contain over 1,000 calories. I found 17 burgers that contained over…

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Since I’m talking about the fattest fast food burgers over 1,000 calories over at Noshtopia, it reminded me of that commercial awhile back that Carl’s Jr did to promote their Western Bacon Six Dollar Burger. The video featured a young…

Continue reading → Fantasy: Eat 1,100 calorie burgers and look this hot in skin hugging jeans

Many of you are busy getting your taxes done and mailed off today, April 15. If you live in Northern California or Reno, NV, Whole Foods is going to pick up the sales tax. Yup! You get one day to…

Continue reading → Save $$ April 15th: Whole Foods pays sales tax in certain locations

Did you know that the average Cosmopolitan magazine reader is a 31-year-old, college-educated, career-oriented, “Fearless Fun Female” who thinks mostly about guys and sex which, hey is cool in my book if that rocks your fancy. But, I now fully…

Continue reading → Now I get why every Cosmo mag helps us, “Look hot to score that hottie.”

For your healthy snacking pleasure over at Noshtopia: There are many benefits to weaning off the diet soda, but once you do that what is there to drink besides water and tea. For some inspiration, here are 9 drinks free…

Continue reading → Nosh bites: Diet soda drink alternatives + Trader Joe’s Snack Ideas under 150 Calories

The names of some of the top tech blogs sound like they would also be good names for weight loss blogs. So for fun, if we revisited the tech blogs as blogs for diets and losing weight, here’s what I…

Continue reading → Humor: If the top tech blogs were actually about weight loss

This is refreshing! Thank you FitSugar for the real low down on the myth that Fergie seems to think shots of vinegar can help you drop the lbs and get rid of that muffin top. [FitSugar] Most of us think…

Continue reading → No, shots of vinegar will not make you skinny and other tidbits around the skinnysphere

I saw this card at Target , and got it for my sister-in-law for a birthday giggle. It’s kinda sad but true, yet a hilarious statement to our quest to get back into the skinny jeans. Birthday cake used to…

Continue reading → Funny: Birthday cake then and now

While I took the weekend to sleep more to recover from this insomnia spell I’ve been suffering from, Comrade GoGo forwarded me a story from the NY Times that made me feel not so alone in my concern over my…

Continue reading → NY Times concurs: Blogging can affect your health adversely

A pregnant man on Oprah’s show was definitely an eye catcher. Thomas is able to be pregnant because he was born female but during his transformation to becoming a man he opted to keep his reproductive organs in tact because…

Continue reading → Are you surprised Oprah had the pregnant man on her show?

Over at Noshtopia, here are some healthy eating tips for a more vibrant you: Whole Foods is not always the big wallet drainer as many believe. Here I show a price comparison between Whole Foods and a national grocery chain…

Continue reading → Nosh bites: Whole Foods is not always as expensive as you think

Have any of you been watching the TLC show, “I Can Make You Thin” with hypnotist Paul McKenna? Ellen Degeneres went to Paul to help her quit smoking, and apparently it worked, so I thought why not check it out…

Continue reading → Can Paul McKenna really make us thin?